Check out our searchable table for the top 100 cable originals at the bottom of the post.

NETWORK UPDATE: The BACHELOR IN PARADISE after-show fell by 0.1 in final numbers, as did both the AMERICAN NINJA WARRIOR clip show and RUNNING WILD, as well as the NCIS: LA rerun. In addition, the entire CW line-up dropped by 0.1.

CABLE HIGHLIGHTS: VH1’s LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA continues to be one of the strongest shows on cable, down this week by 0.05 to 1.66, and with lead-out BLACK INK CREW at 1.12 and SHE’S GOT GAME (pushed to 10PM) down 0.08 to 0.86. ESPN’s NFL PRESEASON Cincinnati vs. Tampa Bay game was at 1.60. USA’s WWE coverage was at 1.42-1.20 over its 3 hours, compared to 1.34-1.23 last week. On Bravo, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ORANGE COUNTY dropped a tenth to 0.77. The season finale of Lifetime’s DEVIOUS MAIDS rose 0.09 to 0.55. The season finale of MURDER IN THE FIRST on TNT dropped 0.05 to 0.28. The midseason finale of MTV’s TEEN WOLF was down a hundredth to 0.44 (and in the F12-34 demo, down 0.12 to 0.92), and the WOLF WATCH post-show was at 0.19. SWITCHED AT BIRTH returned to ABCFamily at 0.35, compared to 0.52 for last week’s midseason finale of THE FOSTERS (and in F12-34s, down a startling 0.66 to 0.51), while CHASING LIFE was up a tick in 18-49s to 0.28, but down 0.05 to 0.49 in F12-34s. On Discovery, CUBAN CHROME fell 0.07 to 0.24. BIG BROTHER AFTER DARK (POP) was at 0.02/77K.

Top 40 Original Cable Telecasts with Demographic Detail

Top 100 Original Cable TelecastsTo search for a show: type Ctrl-F and type your show title in the search box.

Top 100 Original Cable Telecasts: Monday August 24, 2015

P18-49

P2+

Rank

Program

Net

Start

Mins

Rating

(000s)

1

LOVE & HIP HOP ATLANTA 4

VH1

08:00 PM

60

1.66

3,324

2

NFL PRE-SEASON FOOTBALL L: CINCINNATI/TAMPA BAY

ESPN

08:00 PM

193

1.60

4,202

3

WWE ENTERTAINMENT

USA NETWORK

10:00 PM

73

1.42

3,764

4

WWE ENTERTAINMENT

USA NETWORK

09:00 PM

60

1.29

3,794

5

WWE ENTERTAINMENT

USA NETWORK

08:00 PM

60

1.20

3,606

6

BLACK INK CREW 3

VH1

09:00 PM

61

1.12

2,231

7

SHES GOT GAME

VH1

10:01 PM

60

0.86

1,671

8

REAL HOUSEWIVES OF OC

BRAVO

09:00 PM

60

0.77

1,800

9

SPORTSCENTER LATE L

ESPN

11:13 PM

77

0.69

1,370

10

MONDAY NIGHT COUNTDOWN L

ESPN

07:00 PM

60

0.61

1,315

11

DEVIOUS MAIDS

LIFETIME TELEVISION

09:00 PM

62

0.55

1,533

12

R.RAY KIDS COOK OFF

FOOD NETWORK

08:00 PM

60

0.44

1,520

13

TEEN WOLF SSN 5

MTV

10:00 PM

62

0.44

958

14

SPORTSCENTER 12AM L

ESPN

12:30 AM

30

0.39

801

15

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: BONITA, CA/CRANSTON, RI

ESPN2

08:00 PM

131

0.36

1,459

16

SWITCHED AT BIRTH

ABC FAMILY

08:00 PM

61

0.35

979

17

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: TAYLORS, SC/BOWLING GREEN, KY

ESPN

04:00 PM

130

0.34

1,209

18

THE OREILLY FACTOR

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

08:00 PM

60

0.33

3,349

19

KELLY FILE, THE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

09:00 PM

60

0.33

3,096

20

NFL LIVE L

ESPN2

03:30 PM

60

0.32

570

21

SPORTSCENTER EARLY L

ESPN

06:10 PM

50

0.32

697

22

KILLER INSTINCT WITH CH

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

10:00 PM

60

0.31

973

23

SPORTSCENTER 1AM L

ESPN

01:00 AM

60

0.31

636

24

PAW PATROL

NICKELODEON

07:00 PM

26

0.30

1,494

25

CHASING LIFE

ABC FAMILY

09:01 PM

60

0.28

772

26

MURDER IN THE FIRST

TURNER NETWORK TELEVISION

10:00 PM

60

0.28

1,828

27

DEADLY DEVOTION

INVESTIGATION DISCOVERY

09:00 PM

60

0.27

911

28

SPIKE TV MOVIE: STAR TREK

SPIKE TV

07:00 PM

183

0.27

719

29

HIS & HERS

ESPN2

04:30 PM

30

0.26

456

30

GRAVITY FALLS

DISNEY XD

08:30 PM

30

0.26

1,157

31

SHIMMER AND SHINE

NICKELODEON

07:26 PM

34

0.24

1,224

32

FIRST TAKE L: N/A

ESPN2

10:00 AM

120

0.24

475

33

NFL INSIDERS L

ESPN2

02:30 PM

60

0.24

408

34

CUBAN CHROME

DISCOVERY CHANNEL

10:00 PM

61

0.24

881

35

SPORTSCENTER MORNING L

ESPN

02:00 AM

60

0.23

454

36

PREMIER LEAGUE L: LIVERPOOL/ARSENAL

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

02:53 PM

132

0.23

469

37

CONAN

TBS NETWORK

11:00 PM

60

0.22

423

38

HANNITY

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:00 PM

60

0.21

1,993

39

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: MEXICALI, MEXICO/SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

ESPN

01:59 PM

121

0.20

787

40

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

10:00 AM

60

0.20

411

41

WOLF WATCH SSN 3

MTV

11:02 PM

31

0.19

451

42

E! NEWS

E!

11:00 PM

60

0.19

439

43

AMERICAS NEWSROOM

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

09:00 AM

60

0.18

1,463

44

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN2

12:00 PM

60

0.17

342

45

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN2

01:00 PM

60

0.17

379

46

E! NEWS

E!

07:00 PM

60

0.17

420

47

ON THE RECORD W/GRETA

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

07:00 PM

60

0.17

2,142

48

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

09:00 AM

60

0.17

335

49

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

08:00 AM

60

0.17

1,304

50

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L

ESPN

12:00 PM

119

0.16

550

51

FIVE, THE

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

05:00 PM

60

0.16

2,181

52

SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

06:00 PM

60

0.16

2,185

53

LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SRS L: TAIPEI, CHINESE TAIPEI/KAMPALA, UGANDA

ESPN2

06:00 PM

120

0.15

649

54

SPORTSCENTER AM L

ESPN

11:00 AM

60

0.14

337

55

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

07:00 AM

60

0.14

1,032

56

COLLEGE FOOTBALL LIVE L

ESPN2

02:00 PM

30

0.14

278

57

SPIKE TV MOVIE: PLANET OF THE APES

SPIKE TV

01:30 PM

180

0.14

326

58

YUKON RIVER RUN

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL

09:00 PM

60

0.13

783

59

PAW PATROL

NICK JR

07:00 PM

26

0.13

670

60

DIGGERS

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL

10:30 PM

30

0.12

419

61

DIGGERS

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CHNL

10:00 PM

30

0.12

511

62

HOBBIT, THE: THE BATTLE O: HOBBIT, THE: THE BATTLE O

HBO PRIME

08:00 PM

144

0.12

269

63

NFL TOTAL ACCESS

NFL NETWORK

07:00 PM

60

0.12

284

64

36 HOURS

TRAVEL CHANNEL

08:00 PM

60

0.12

274

65

BF: DELICIOUS DESTINATION

TRAVEL CHANNEL

09:00 PM

30

0.12

303

66

OUTNUMBERED

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

12:00 PM

60

0.12

1,298

67

EDGE OF TOMORROW

HBO PRIME

03:30 PM

113

0.11

253

68

FAMILY FEUD (HARVEY)

GSN

09:30 PM

26

0.11

486

69

STAR WARS DROID TLS-CRISI

DISNEY XD

09:00 PM

30

0.11

492

70

ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT

CNN

07:00 PM

60

0.11

571

71

CNN TONIGHT

CNN

10:00 PM

60

0.10

653

72

AMERICAS NEWSROOM

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

10:00 AM

60

0.10

1,284

73

SITUATION ROOM

CNN

06:00 PM

60

0.10

562

74

MLB MON NIGHT – EARLY L: ST. LOUIS/ARIZONA

ESPN2

10:11 PM

199

0.10

379

75

ANDERSON COOPER 360

CNN

08:00 PM

60

0.10

636

76

DIRTY GREAT MACHINES

SCIENCE

10:00 PM

60

0.09

247

77

PRIME BASEBALL GAME: HOU AT NYY/PIT AT MIA

MLB NETWORK

07:00 PM

177

0.09

356

78

NFL PRESEASON: 2015 – CIN VS. TB

NFL NETWORK

12:00 AM

180

0.09

189

79

MIKE & MIKE IN THE MORN L: N/A

ESPN2

06:00 AM

240

0.09

201

80

PREMIER LEAGUE GOAL ZONE

NBC SPORTS NETWORK

05:05 PM

25

0.09

174

81

SHIMMER AND SHINE

NICK JR

07:26 PM

34

0.09

577

82

BASEBALL TONIGHT L

ESPN2

05:00 PM

30

0.09

190

83

NFL TOTAL ACCESS

NFL NETWORK

11:00 PM

60

0.08

164

84

HAPPENING NOW

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

11:00 AM

60

0.08

1,183

85

RACHEL MADDOW SHOW

MSNBC

09:00 PM

60

0.08

1,032

86

CNN TONIGHT

CNN

09:00 PM

60

0.08

606

87

SITUATION ROOM

CNN

05:00 PM

60

0.08

532

88

CNN NEWSROOM LIVE

CNN

12:00 AM

60

0.08

385

89

YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

04:00 PM

60

0.08

1,494

90

YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, T

POP

07:00 PM

60

0.08

528

91

BAGGAGE

GSN

02:00 AM

26

0.08

230

92

ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES

MSNBC

08:00 PM

60

0.08

720

93

MORNING JOE: N/A

MSNBC

06:00 AM

180

0.07

450

94

CNN NEWSROOM LIVE

CNN

01:00 AM

60

0.07

323

95

HARDBALL WITH C. MATTHEWS

MSNBC

07:00 PM

60

0.07

824

96

CNN NEWSROOM

CNN

10:00 AM

60

0.07

423

97

BUYING THE ROCKIES

DESTINATION AMERICA

09:00 PM

30

0.07

272

98

FOX AND FRIENDS

FOX NEWS CHANNEL

06:00 AM

60

0.07

643

99

SQUAWK ON THE STREET 2

CNBC

10:00 AM

60

0.07

556

100

SQUAWK ALLEY

CNBC

11:00 AM

60

0.07

463

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MITCH METCALF has been tracking every US film release of over 500 screens (over 2300 movies and counting) since the storied weekend of May 20, 1994, when Maverick and Beverly Hills Cop 3 inspired countless aficionados to devote their lives to the art of cinema. Prior to that, he studied Politics and Economics at Princeton in order to prepare for his dream of working in television. He has been Head of West Coast Research at ABC, then moved to NBC in 2000 and became Head of Scheduling for 11 years.